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And for those, like me, who are thrilled to know that Mary Queen of Scots once slept in this particular room, or that Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations in this particular house, who believe in the transporting power of place, Court
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“I tell you loneliness is the thing to master. Courage and fear, love, death are only parts of it and can easily be ruled afterwards. If I make myself master my own loneliness there will be peace or safety: and perhaps these are the same.”
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“To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.”
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“To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid.”
― Pompeii
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“Speech was given to man to conceal his thoughts.”
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Andrea’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Andrea’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Book Club, Business, Classics, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion
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